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fact: The stamina of the
defence team in the Lipstadt libel action was aided by a six
million dollar slushfund provided by Steven Spielberg, Edgar
J Bronfman, and the American Jewish Committee, which enabled
them to pay 21 lawyers and "experts". A million pound
lollipop was figuratively brandished from the defence
lawyers' table throughout the trial, and all those who
behaved got a lick at it; their experts like the "scholars"
Prof. Evans, Prof. Longerich and others were paid up to
£125,000 each (on top of the academic salaries they
continued to draw) to testify as they did. Nobody was paying
for Mr Irving. His witnesses testified without payment, from
conviction. [Help!]